At least 14 passengers were injured when an explosion took place inside a compartment of Sealdah- Krishnanagar local train early this morning, an Eastern Railway official said.

R N Mahapatra, CPRO Eastern Railway, said the train left Sealdah station at 03:20 AM and reached Titagarh station at 03:55 AM. The blast took place just after a person boarded the train at Titagarh station.

He said of the 14 injured, seven were discharged after being given first aid while seven others were admitted to a nearby hospital.

Low intensity bomb blast in Krishnanagar local train between Barrackpore-Titagarh, injured rushed to the hospital pic.twitter.com/Jjs3vU27Qn